Get your third grader in the habit of reading closely with this multi-page story featuring questions on the main character, sequencing, and recalling details.

This worksheet practices story sequencing, an essential reading comprehension skill for first graders.

Bring it back to the basics with this reading comprehension exercise about Mindy, her birthday party, and her cake.

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

Children will read this Reader's Theater script, then answer questions designed to support their understanding of the characters, story, and message of the play.

Learners will practice identifying the main idea and supporting in works of nonfiction texts as they learn about the ocean.

In this worksheet, children will read a short passage about Day of the Dead, then answer five multiple choice questions.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

What happened first? Have your young reader find the beginning, middle, and end of this short story. Use the illustrations to help her picture the events.

Your young learner will discover the basics of local government with this worksheet all about municipalities.

Teach your students to write a simple summary using an easy-to-follow set of keywords.

Geared toward second graders, this science worksheet has young scientists read about spiders and their webs and then demonstrate their nonfiction comprehension by filling in the diagram with the correct anatomical terms.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

Students will refer to important details to answer text-dependent questions about some wild weather! Get ready to read like a detective and learn some cool facts along the way.

Readers work on their understanding of cause and effect as they identify instances of each in a short passage of fiction.

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Does your little learner have a tough time paying attention? Give him a fun activity where he'll practice following directions in order to solve a riddle.

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

Story webs organize a story into one main idea and several details. Help your second grader read the story, then analyze it using the story web.

Students will practice making inferences about the characters, setting, and events based on clues in the passage.

Children are introduced to a helpful, five-word mnemonic device for remembering what to include in a fiction summary.

Build comprehension skills with this reading page on cause and effect for kids.

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Children are introduced to the life and accomplishments of aeronautics pioneer Amelia Earhart in this fascinating worksheet.

Help your child read deeper into a story by having him practice making inferences about what happened.

Your students will read two short stories, then compare and contrast the characters, problems, solutions, and themes with the help of a graphic organizer.

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.

Use this graphic organizer to have students write words or draw pictures to complete the story map.